Instrument for treating piles



Feb. 1925. 1,527,068

A. c. PARSONS INSTRUMENT FOR TREATING FILES Filed Sept. 13, 1925 v AUJFE E. F'arstms Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs.

ALBRA C. PARSONS, OF NEW RICHMOND, OHIO.

INSTRUMENT FOR TREATING FILES,

Application filed September 13', 1923. Serial No. 662,467.

To all 2 2 202 1'2 may concern:

Be it known that I. ALBRA C. Parson's a citizen of the United States.sresiding at Xew Riclunond. in the county of Clermont and State of Ohio. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Instrument for Treating Piles, of which the fol-,

lowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to an instrumcnt for use in the treatment of piles for healing and'contract'i-ng the same.

It is well known that in either form of internal or external hemorrhoids or piles the greatest pain and irritation occurs when there is a bowel action. and it is an object of this invention to provide an instrument which will support the piles and the walls of the rectum during bowel action to prevent the bursting and bleeding of the piles which constitute an obstruction to the rectal strait.

further object of the invention is to provide a device which may be used for replacing the walls of the rectum and the pile into position which they should normally assume above the rectal muscles. and a device which may be used for gradually dilatingthe rectal muscles preparatory to the introduction of the instrument so that the same may be used withoutdiscomfort to or inflicting pain on the user.

The above and various otherobjects and advantages of this invention will be in part understood from and be in partdescribed in the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment. the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawinn'. wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an instrument constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through same. and

Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section taken through the outer tube or sleeve memer employed.

The instrument comprises an outer tube member 10 of suitable length and diameter and which at its forward end is provided wi;h a head portion 11 of partially spherical form and which is open at opposite ends as shown to advantage in Fig. 3. The outer surface of the head portion 11 merges into the inner Wall of the tube 10 at the forward end thereof so as to provide a tapering forward end which is adapted to provide a rounded and uninterrupted exterior surface to the outer portion of the head.

' The instrument is also provided with an insert member 19. which is of exterior cylindrical form preferably reduced intermediate its ends to facilitate introduction and re moval of the insert member 12 lclativelv to the tube 10. The insert 12 has a substantially spherical head 13 arranged to fit snugly in the open end of the tube 10 and which has an outer surface arranged to coincide with and form a continuation of the head portion 11. The outer end of the head 13 iselongated 'or tapered to form a nose or rounded projecting end. 14 which flares outwardly into the head 11.

The other end of the insert member 12 is provided with an enlarged handle port-ion 15 of an exterior diameter equal substantiallv to that of the tube 10 and having at its forward end an annular shoulder 16 of reduced diameter as compared with the handle portion 16 and being enlarged or flared rearwardly from the relatively thin intermediate part of the insert member. This shoulder 16 is adapted tovbind the rear end of the tube 10 upon the insert member by binding in said rear end thereof. The shoulder 16 thus forms a yielding connection between the tube and the insert member so as to hold the head portions 11 and 13 assembled when desired.

In the use of the device it is first necessary to apply vaseline. fresh lard or the like to the piles an raise the same back into position. when this is done the insert member 12 is drawn out of the tube 10 and is also treated with vaseline o the. like. This insert member 12 is then gently and gradually introduced into the rectum until the head 13 of the insertmember passes the rectal muscles where the orifice is much larger.

-which position will be readily ascertained by the release of the tension of the head on the muscles. This insert member 13 may be allowed to remain in such position for a short time and may be reinserted several times until the muscles are suficiently dilated to permit the free and easy introduction and removal of the insert member 12. The walls of the rectum and the piles are thus forced back into proper position out of the rectal passage and this operation may be repeated at suit-able intervals to maintain the Walls and piles in their normal position so that they will gradually heal and contract, and finally disappear. 1

In order to maintain the piles and the walls of the rectum in proper receding position during a bowel action, the insert member 12 is fitted within the tube-1O and the assembled instrument is inserted in the rec,- tum until the head portions- 11 and 13 pass the rectal muscles. The insert member 12 is now Withdrawn from the tube when a free action of the bowels may be had with mg of the parts.

out, disturbing the piles.

The elongated end 14 of the head portion 13 serves to introduce the instrument when assembled and also when the insert member 12 is first used alone. t

The parts are so constructed as to be sanitary in that they may be readily cleaned and there are no internal pockets or recesses for the accumulation of foreign matter, and which will also permit of the easy cleans- It is of course understood that various changes and modifications may be made 1n the details of size, construction and design of the above specifically described instrument without departing from the s hit of the invention, the chan es and modifications being restricted onl y the scope of the following claim.

What is. claimed is: An instrument for treating piles comprising a tube having its forward end portion gradually thickened outwardly and then gradually reduced in thickness to a feather edge, and a removable insert extending through the tube and protruding beyond the forward end of the tube, the insert for a portion of its length being spaced from the walls of the tube and having its forward end portion gradually increasing in diameter for enagement with the walls of the tube at the eathered edge of the tube and then being gradually reduced in diameter to provide a head tapering forwardly and terminatin in a rounded end, the tapered forward en portions-of the tube and insert havin their outer surfaces merging into each 0t or at the feathered forward edge of the tube to provide a smooth surface when the insert is in place.

,ALBRA C. PARSONS. 

